Randomly playing multiple instances of movieclip AS3

Question

I have made a movieclip of an eye, which is set to play a blinking animation at random intervals. I want to place many instances of that movieclip on the stage, where they're all being played at different times. But if I put multiple instances of the clip on the stage, only one will play. How do I have many instances playing at the same time?

I haven't used flash for years so please explain simply if you can~

stop();
var eyeTimer = new Timer(1000 + Math.random() * 1000);
eyeTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, blink);
eyeTimer.start();
function blink(evt:TimerEvent):void {
  Timer(evt.currentTarget).delay = 1000 + Math.random() * 1000;

 trace( "triggered!" );
 eye.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

Answer 1

Its easier to use setTimeOut method. user below code for your Eye MovieClip

addEye (45,78);
addEye (76,44);
...

function addEye (X,Y)
{
    var eye:Eye = new Eye ();
    eye.x = X;
    eye.y = Y;
    this.addChild(eye);

    eye.gotoAndStop(1);//Stop the eye from blinking. may be on frame 1 maye be on other frame number.
    setTimeOut(blink,1000+Math.random()*1000);
    function blink():void
    {
        eye.gotoAndPlay(2);
        setTimeOut(blink,1000+Math.random()*1000);//Call the random function with random time again
    }

}